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| I have been looking at used saddles trying to find another Caldwell and noticed that all of the saddles from the east don't have back cinches. I asked about it and was told that we gals here in the western states use them more and you don't see that many of them in the east. Just curious, I leave my back cinch loose so it is really not serving much of a purpose, I am just used to seeing saddles with them.
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Too busy outside!
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| Not positive, but back east they don't rope as much as they do out west- a back cinch is crucial for roping and dallying from the horn so the saddle won't lift up in the back. That's my guess- but who knows. I used to live in Maine and Massachusetts before I moved to Wyoming and I noticed the same thing with the back cinches. |
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| I think that it might be true. Nobody had one when I was still showing. I bought one for my saddle and I was in the minority.
I do think that they're catching on though.
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Location: lexington KY | Yes, I have a back cinch on every saddle I own. Acutally just bought a used saddle from a girl in TX and it came without one, so I had to go buy one. |
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 Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | I'm in Ky and I run with one. I see pipe using them, just improperly. They just hang there. |
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Location: GA | I'm from GA and have used a rear cinch my entire life. I feel like my horse looks naked without one! :P lol |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Lots of folks use them in Indiana, but not everyone
I use one. |
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Location: Up and over to the right | I'm an east coaster and I use one. I agree about the roping aspect but a lot of people trail ride and barrel race w/ them too. There are also a ton more western riders out west I believe so maybe you just notice more out east. |
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Extreme Veteran
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Location: nj | Use them on my Camarillo's - never put one on my treeless.. as a matter of fact I haven't seen anyone use them on a treeless. |
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 Ones with the Hotties
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Location: Centerburg, OH | yes. Every saddle every horse |
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 Not Afraid to Work
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| threeponies - 2014-08-11 10:01 PM
Use them on my Camarillo's - never put one on my treeless.. as a matter of fact I haven't seen anyone use them on a treeless.
Which is weird because if your horse bucks or trips in a treeless they typically will fold up on your without a back cinch  |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | stayceem - 2014-08-11 10:50 PM threeponies - 2014-08-11 10:01 PM Use them on my Camarillo's - never put one on my treeless.. as a matter of fact I haven't seen anyone use them on a treeless. Which is weird because if your horse bucks or trips in a treeless they typically will fold up on your without a back cinch
My sister has one on her treeless. I have one but I don't like riding with it because it gets in the way of my feet. I put it on for when I'm doing fast work. |
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Expert
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | 2 of my saddles have them but my other 2 don't. I would rather have them so the back of my saddle doesn't pop up but my gelding is tickleish and will buck like crazy with one. My other doesnt have just because I don't have one for it and I almost never ride it and I don't run in it so I'm too cheap to buy one. |
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Extreme Veteran
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| Not a lot of people in Vermont use them.
That being said - OP, if you have one on your saddle and it's not doing anything because it's just hanging there too loose, either take if off, or use it properly. Ever seen a horse kick at a fly and slip a rear hoof through a loose fitting rear cinch? It isn't pretty. Use it snug/correctly or don't use one at all. |
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Location: GA | stayceem - 2014-08-11 11:50 PM
threeponies - 2014-08-11 10:01 PM
Use them on my Camarillo's - never put one on my treeless.. as a matter of fact I haven't seen anyone use them on a treeless.
Which is weird because if your horse bucks or trips in a treeless they typically will fold up on your without a back cinch
I run in a treeless on a few horses and I couldn't imagine it not having a rear cinch. |
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  Bye-Bye Jiggle
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Location: Where ever there's sunshine! | From fl and I use one! Partially because I like how it looks but also I like to have it snug enough to just be touching the horse that way the back of the saddle doesn't flip up and put too much pressure on his shoulders in a turn if I get too far forward. They're hit and miss. Some love them, others fear them. I've seen a few horses get their back leg caught in them, but they were both freak accidents |
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 I Chore in Chucks
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Location: MD | moved from Iowa to Maryland. I have noticed being over here there are a considerable amount(what i would consider "considerable amount" is 1 out of 5 people) of barrel racers that don't use a back cinch or sometimes even breast collars. Back in Iowa, it was like you were driving a car with 3 tires if you didn't have a back cinch on... even if you didn't rope.
I still use one, but I know I don't put it on tight enough, and just think my horse looks weird without it. |
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 Off the Wall Wacky
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Location: Louisiana | threeponies - 2014-08-11 10:01 PM Use them on my Camarillo's - never put one on my treeless.. as a matter of fact I haven't seen anyone use them on a treeless.
I bought one for my treeless. I have always used one and felt naked without LOL. It was a challenge finding one narrow enough to fit. I also initially had issues with my saddle slipping so the back cinch makes me feel more secure, although a Saddleright pad and new cinch fixed the slipping issue. |
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| A snug flank cinch also helps to keep saddles from rolling on those mutton withered or round backed horses. :) |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | I use them. Most people I know also do. Course a lot of people I know also rope, lol. |
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